This tangled web cover

This tangled web

by Margaret Malcolm

‘A challenge. Of course it was a challenge,’ Catherine reflected when Charles Townsend offered her the job of teaching English to the unpredictable young French girl, Michelle, — who perhaps was herself interested in Charles. Catherine found that living with the Townsend family was like living in a spider’s web. But the biggest challenge was — Charles himself!

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?